Chapter 834: Fertility
"Okay, it's almost enough of the argument, let's talk about business." Yuan Shu shook his head for a long time, saw that the time was almost up, stretched his waist, and said loudly.
"Please also ask Your Majesty to decide." Hearing Yuan Shu's words, the Wenchens who had been arguing one after another stood back in place and said in unison.
Seeing the indifferent courtiers below, the corners of Yuan Shu's mouth twitched slightly. These literati are really a bunch of stinky hooligans, it's hard to imagine that they were arguing with their faces just now, but now they look like nothing has happened.
Sighing slightly, Yuan Shu glanced at the paddling trio on the side, and selectively ignored Guo Jia's goods: "Wenhe, Gongda, this matter is caused by..."
"Your Majesty!" Before Yuan Shu finished speaking, the "wooden man" Xun Youhu stood up: "The minister is now dealing with the fertility of my Da Chu, and he is really busy with affairs. ”
"Hmm." Yuan Shu tilted his head and thought about it, the matter of childbirth is indeed very important and complicated.
"Then since Gongda can't be separated, Wenhe, it's up to you to arrange this matter. After you have a charter, I'll make a decision. ”
"No!" Jia Xu, who has always been moody, couldn't help but twitch the corners of his eyes when he heard this, and secretly glared at Xun You and Guo Jia.
What kind of errand is this? It's purely offending people, and no matter how it is handled, there will definitely be some people who are not satisfied in the end, and most of them are still the majority. Every time he encountered this errand, Xun You pretended to be dead, and Guo Jia looked like a scoundrel, he couldn't do this job at all, and in the end it was all on his head.
Yuan Shu, who was on the dragon chair, also had no choice, if he didn't have a choice, he didn't want to embarrass Jia Xu, but he couldn't help it.
This kind of matter should be handled by Tian Feng, the iron-faced and selfless leader of internal affairs, but it is most appropriate to stand that although Tian Feng is iron-faced and selfless, he still has bias in his heart. If it is handed over to him, it will not take long for the treasury to bottom out, which is a good thing for people's livelihood and infrastructure, but the country's economy is afraid that it will slow down its development, which is intolerable to Zhang Zhao, who is headed by national interests, and is also unacceptable to Yuan Shu.
There is a balance in everything, favoring the people and ignoring the economy is not a sustainable way, and after a long economic recession, everything will get worse, which is tantamount to killing the chicken and taking the eggs. Tian Feng's idea is good, but the politicians are too benevolent and not conducive to development. Zhang Zhao and Tian Feng are just the opposite, he was born in a family and put the interests of the country first, and regarded the people like ants.
Although Tian Feng is nominally the head of the civil ministers, in fact, Zhang Zhaowei is the most capable of internal affairs, but because Zhang Zhao's character is flawed, he is not as upright as Tian Feng and has a sense of the overall situation, so he is pressed below. Now that there is a problem with Tian Feng's own tendencies, Zhang Zhao, who has been holding his breath, can't hold back anymore, and he has just started up with Tian Feng in the professional field.
Zhuge Liang, the head of Yuan Shu's ideal scholars, is far from enough in age and qualifications, and even his ability is not yet fully mature, so he can't take on this responsibility at all. Therefore, Yuan Shu could only put the burden on Jia Xu, Xun You and Guo Jia, who were paddling on weekdays, but had enough qualifications and abilities.
Among them, Guo Jia has a dissolute personality and is not good at internal affairs, so he is afraid that this goods will be drilled directly into the tavern and ignored. As for Xun You, the things he undertakes are relatively busy, and the birth of the people of Dachu is an extremely important issue, involving all aspects, and there is no room for sloppiness, so Yuan Shu does not dare to put pressure on him. As a result, only Jia Xu was left to be the backstabber.
Jia Xu himself got what Li Ru learned in his life at the beginning, whether it is governing the country or internal affairs, he is omnipotent. In addition, he has never formed a party for personal gain on weekdays, and is dedicated to self-preservation, so his relationship with various strategists can only be said to be dull, and he will not favor or dislike anyone, and finally became the most ideal candidate in Yuan Shu's heart.
Although there were 1,100 unhappy people in his heart, Yuan Shu had already spoken, and Jia Xu could only pinch his nose and admit it. However, he is not the master who will not fight back just by being calculated, he glanced at Xun Yu who was pretending to be a sculpture, and Jia Xu said lightly: "Your Majesty, the relevant situation of various states and counties and departments has been understood, but I don't know if many issues related to childbirth still need to be adjusted, after all, with the continuous expansion of my territory and population, the lack of materials and manpower, the policy implemented at the beginning seems to be inappropriate, and it needs to be adjusted to a certain extent." ”
When Xun You heard this, his frozen eyes flashed slightly, and a bad feeling suddenly rose.
It's not easy to take advantage of this poisoner's cheapness!
Sure enough, with Jia Xu's fluttering words, before Yuan Shu could respond, Tian Feng and the others opened fire on Xun You.
"Yes, Your Majesty, now that the fertility rate of my Dachu is too high, there are too many newborns, and the birth rewards and guarantees set by Your Majesty are no longer very suitable. After all, we don't have so many preschool centers, kindergarten teachers, doctors and other talents, and there are still so many poor people in the newly acquired land who need treatment, so it is better to divide this share to the new land. ”
"Your Majesty, what Tian Yuanhao said is ridiculous. Today's treasury has been losing money for several years since the day it took over the division, and it cannot make ends meet. It is true that some of these maternity guarantees should be abolished, but the surplus money should be returned to the national treasury and used for the vacancy of state and county officials. ”
"Your Majesty, my Liangzhou has been in drought and lack of grain for many years, and now there are still large areas of grassland to continue to develop, and hundreds of people are in urgent need of medical treatment and scholars' education, and please Your Majesty will share this share with my Liangzhou!"
"! You Liangzhou has to allocate a lot of money and grain every year in the past few years, and the breeding industry is about to get on the right track, where do you still need so much money, grain and manpower? Your Majesty, our company is really poor now! At the beginning, hundreds of people are still displaced, and housing and medical care are not guaranteed, which is extremely tragic. ”
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Jia Xu's words were like a depth charge, detonating the court that had finally calmed down again, which made Yuan Shu and Xun You have a headache.
Although Jia Xu is suspected of revenge when he says this, I have to say that there are indeed certain problems with the birth support policy set by Yuan Shu at the beginning, which is too generous. Whether in his previous life or in this life, Yuan Shu had never experienced that kind of difficult situation, and he did not know the fertility status of the people, so he made a wrong judgment.
Earlier, Tian Feng and others had considered this issue, but at that time, Yuan Shu's territory was not large, and the money and food were extremely rich, and he was in the time of competition for hegemony, so it was indeed a good thing to have more people, and it was not that he could not support it, so he did not put it forward. And now, the world is about to get on the right track, there is a shortage of people and money everywhere, and there is a big problem with the original generous birth policy.
In a society dominated by a small-scale peasant economy and a generally low level of education among the common people, how terrifying will the fertility rate of the common people be if they are publicized and given almost complete protection? Not to mention anything else, just look at the generation in the early days after the founding of the country.
The slogan of the power of many people was proposed, how many children could a family have at that time? Ordinary families give birth to more than ten children, not counting starvation, these ten children will die of minor disasters and diseases due to poor medical conditions, and many of them will die young, and about five or six people can reach adulthood, which is also the real fertility rate at that time.
You must know that at that time, the average medical conditions in China were not much better than those in ancient times, but the exploitation and privileged classes were basically solved, and a certain problem of food and clothing was barely solved.
And now, when Yuan Shu also shouted such a slogan, the same situation appeared even more terrifying. The earliest group of families living in Yangzhou are now basically giving birth without stopping, and there is an extra child in the family in less than a year and a half, and it has not been interrupted so far. In fact, when you think about it, this situation is also normal. There are not many entertainment projects in this era, and there are no bright lights at night, what can you do when it's dark?
In addition, Yuan Shu basically contracted most of the materials needed for the growth of the children, and without pressure, they naturally raised the children for life. Anyway, there is no pressure to give birth, there is no harm in having benefits, and there is no harm in giving birth.
With so many children, Yuan Shu not only has to reward the families who give birth, but also is responsible for raising these children and even providing them with a certain education, and the money and food required is simply a bottomless pit.
After successfully raising the fertility rate of the people under his command to this terrifying situation, and continuously reducing the premature mortality rate, and pressing it below one percent, Yuan Shu also successfully put a big burden on his back. Every year, while seeing the number of newborn babies under their command rising and rising, Tian Feng and others are also distressed by the manpower and material resources required to train the country for so many children.
If it weren't for the rapid population growth, where would the population of more than 30 million people come from today? It must be known that the total population at the end of the Han Dynasty was only more than 50 million, and after the Battle of the Yellow Turbans and the warlord melee, how could there be so many left.